Protector-setting machine.



B. J. GONLON. PROTECTOR SETTING MACHINE. APPLIGA'HON HLED 00T. 5. 1901.

Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

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BAR'JJHOLOMEW J. CoNLoNl 0F LAWRENCE, "MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNI'lIEIlIIl SHOE MACHINERY JERSEY,'.A CORPORATION .OFNEW JERSEY.

COMPANY,l F PATERSON, NEW

PROTECTOR-*SETTING MACHINE.

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flo-all iwhoirz ift may concern:

Be'itknoun that I,BAirriiouminv J. CON- LoN. a citizen ot' the United Statesg residing at :lu'a'ivreneein the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented eertain neiv anduseful Iinprovenlentel in `Protector-Sett,.-.tiug'fi\laehines, ot' ivhieh the follow-ingl is a s ieeitieiition, ret'erenee being had therein to the aeeonipain'iiig drawings." V Y l`nited States l-.etters Patent No. 654.298 gra'ii'teddulv' 24, 1900,to Henry lV. Winter '..and' myself, show and deseiibe certain portioiis'of'a maehine for setting'or driving so-` ealled protectors into the top-lifts ot the heels ofboots and shoes. The `said preteetorsjarein prac-.tiefe formed of strip inetal :Shaving-:the required bent forni,A and are ap-v pliedf'by bennei driven edgeivise into the leather until the. etlges`tliiieofremaining l visible usually are thi-Sh ivitlrtlie'outersnr faeeof the top-lift, or substantially so. -"1`he said Letters Patent relate more' espeeiall v tn theifork-supports which are 'employed in 4prt'iteettn' setting iiiaeliines .to upliol'dorfsiistaiirthe teli-lifts. soleS,'o'r the lke\vliieh are to receive the protectors, during the driving faopei tion" and, in partitfnlan' the*iid'latters Pat-ent h ','deseribe and 'elainrgages -by Sole' tionstidjaeeid tl'iefedgesthereof.

)ly present invention has relation to-worhs iippifirts jt'or proteetor setting"inaehines and thegigies \vliieh are einplovedlin eonneetion lthereivitln Y The general objeet ottheinvention is to faeilitate the operation of drivingr or setting 40 proteetors into the opposite angles at. the' tirealstof a heel top-litt. and the :invention eens-i, ts.theiefore. in the combination; with heel top-lifts properlv in havin; Y i'n'oteetors Specification of Letters Patent. Appiiation med october 5, 190i.

'torseommonly in 'of ivh'ieh to positin'i top-lifts` and .s (if-'boots and shoesai'ptm the \`vo'rk sup-"- port'ofa proteetor settingr *'ii'i'achin'e infliavv ing proteetors driveirin the ret'pii'ed posi-- Patented Jan. 23, 1912. serial No. 77,663.

neetion therewith the said embodiment of the invention.

front elevation. Fifi, 3 shows the saine in .end elevation from the left-hand .side in 'otherwise be hidden.

llaving i'elferenee 4to the draivings,-17 designates the plate-'o1' block constituting the top of the work-support of a protector setting machine. ln praetiee, the said plate or bleek preferably ivillv be mounted and operated as in the Letters Patent aforesaid., It is formed with Val slit 1S. conforming in its contour to the. outline ol the l'n'oteetors which are to be. driven, and a -post Was-arrangedeentrall \Y ottlie. said slit, The said slitis shown of horse-.shoe outline beeause this is the well-known shapeI or forni of the protecuse at the .present time. vShould a different' shape ortorin of protec- .tors 'he employed, the outline ot` the slitV would be varied to correspond. The eentral post-'19 'serves during' the driving: ofthe pro-v teetors to support the portion of leather` whieh is partlysurrounded bythe protectors "being driven. l

'lhe features thus far referred to are in genera-l all as shown anddeserihed in the fLetters Patent aforesaid; and are not in themselves of the `ist of the invention. The forni;eonstruet-ion. and arrangement may be varied. so far as the said features are eoneerned, without neeessaijilvY involvingany departure from-the prineiples of the invention.. v

-lt will be understood that for the Sake of elearness l have omitted from the. drawings all features shoivn or i'et'erred to herein in disclosing the nature and relations of the present invention.

lireonl'orniity with inv invention I provide the \vorl\',snp}mrt 17 with a breast-gallo against u'hieh the breast of a heel top-litt will lie plat-ed in order to position the said top-lift properlyy to reeeive `a. protector in.

one of the anL'les of the top-litt adjaeent the breast. lQuell a iueast-grage isshoivn at l, it rising suftieientlv above the IL'eneral level of the upper snrfaf'e ot the viv()rh-support to become engaged b v the breast it lifti'eSLiiig 'upon the id xsuil`aee.-

i i z whit-h are not required to be Fig. 2 shows the same in-- Y. AtQfif-a age located .at the rear.. of the .slit l ploy in practice.

18. `When one curved side or fla-nk of a top-lift is pressed against the back-gage 2 and the breast thereof is pressedlaterally against the breast-gage 1, the top-liftwill be given the required position upon the work-support, to enable the protector to be driven' by the driver into one of the corners of the top-lift.

In Fig. Lof the drawings, a top-litt a is indicated in position in dotted lines. In order to enable a protector to be driven into the opposite ,corner of the top-lift, the breast-gage, as will be apparent, will require to be transversely reversed in position; that is to say, will require to occupy a position at the side of the selected driving point which is opposite the position which the breast-gage occupies in Fig. 1, so as to enable the top-lift to be reversed in position as required in presenting the opposite angle of 'the breast of the top-lift beneath the driver. I therefore give the breast-gage capacity to be shifted from one side to the other of the driving point and thus transversely reversed with relation thereto. Preferably, I connect the breast-gage with the work-support 17 in a manner which renders it movable relatively to the latter, to enable the required shift or adjustment of the breast-gage to be made. The movability which renders the breast-gage 'reversible with respect to the driving-point may be secured in different ways, according to the construction which it is preferred to em- In the illustrated construe` tion and arrangement, the work-support 17 is formed with a dove-tailed guideway 19", in which latter is received the dovetail-shape slide 19a on which the :breast-gage 1 mounted. The slide 19EL may be shifted endwise in the said guideway, to displace the vbreast-gage from one side to the other of the slit 18, as will be obvious from the drawings. The opposite positions of. the slide and breast-gage are fixed or determined by stoppins 20, 20, with which the slide engages. When it is desiredto lremove the breastgage, one of the said stop-pins may be re-v moved, which will permit the slide 19to be withdrawn from the guideway 19".

' depending' block or plate 22 and 'lhe back-gage 2 carried by a small plate 21 fitted to a Quideway formed in the top of the 4work-support 17, in which guidewayit is movable in a direction from front torear. A keeper-plate 26 attached to the top ofthe work-support holds the said plate 21' within the said guideway. A block or plate 22 depends from the said plate, and enters an open-tbpped slot or chamber 23 in the body of the work-support 17. A spiral spying 24 is. compressed between the said an 'abutment 4at the rear end of the slot or chamber 23. The said abutment is constituted in the present instance by the inner end of a screw 25. By turning the said screw the tension of the 'spring 24 may be regulated if required. The spring backing for the backgage 2 permits the latter to V yield to the outward expansion of the stock of the top-lift occurring as the protector is driven into the top-lift, obviating by, such yielding the marking and injury to the edge of the toplift which would result if the back-gage were rigidly mounted.

I claim as my inventiom* 1. The combination with a work-support, of a. gage cooperating with the forward portion of the flank of a heel top-lift, and a breast-gage reversible with relation to the driving-'point to enable opposite flanks of a top-lift to be presented respectively at' the same driving-point.

2. The combina-tion with a work-support, of a gage cooperating with the forward portion of the flank of a heel top-lift and yielding to the expansion of the stock which resu lts from the setting operation, and a breastgage reversible with relation to the drivingpoint to enable opposite flanks oit a top-lift to be presented respectively at the same driving-point.

3. The combination with a work-support of a breast-gage movable into reverse relations with respect to the driving-point in such machine to enable opposite flanks ort' a heel top-lift adjacent the breast thereof to be presented, respectively, at one and, the same driving point.`

4. In a protector-setting machine, in conibination, a work-support, and a gage having opposite surfaces to cooperate alternately With the edge of a heel top-lift, and movableinto opposite posit-ions relative to the driving-point to present thesaid surfaces successively in position with relation to the said driving-point.

5. In a protector-setting machine, in combination, the work-support, and a stop located adjacent the driving-point to engage with the breast of a heel top-lift to locate the angle at one end of the said breast in position to receive a protector, the said stop having reversely disposed working surfaces, and being transversely reversible relative to the driving-point to present the said Y working-surfaces alternately in position for action. o 1

6. In a protector-setting machine, in coinbination, the work-support, and gaging means to engage with the yedge ofa heel toplift to locate the angle at one end of the breast thereof at the driving-point in position to receive a protector,'comprising a member movable into working positions at opposite sides of the said driving-point to permit the opposite angles presented at the same driving-point.

7. In a protector-setting machine, in combination, the Work-support, and a shifting in turn t'o beI breast-gage for heel top-lifts transversely reversi le with relation to the driving-point, the respective positions thereofoperating to locate the respective angles at the breast of a top-lift, at the same driving-pointin position `to receive a protector, substantially as A l described. 4

j combination With 'with respect to the 8.` In a protector-setting machine, the a Work-support, of a flank gage which are 'into reverse relations driving point, whereby the opposite flanks of a lift may be sncce sively located in proper position relativelto t e'driving point. Y

9. In a protector setting machine, in coinbin'ation, the work-support, and the breastbreastage and a relative y. movable gage for heel top-lifts fitted to a guide with which said Work-support is provided and movable to opposite sides of the drivingpoint to position top-lifts properly in having l tectors. to be driven protectors driven into the opposite angles at the breasts thereo, substantially as described.

10.' In a protector-setting machine, `incombination, a Work support, a back-'gage driving-point to act in edgeof one ilan'k of a locatedV adjacent the connection with the J10p-lift, and the breast-gage' adjacent the riving-point and movable into opposite positions relative tothe latter to enable prointo the opposite 'angles of the breast of the top-lift alternately.

In a protector-setting machine, in

combination,I a Work-support, a yielding flank gage located adjacent the drivingin presence of two driving-point to act in connection with one to yield to` edge of a top-lift and adapted accommodate the expansion of laterally as a same, and a breast-gage having opposite surfaces to coperate With the breast of a topthc top-lift lift and movable into opposite positions relative to the driving-point, to present the said surfaces alternately to the said driving-point.

q,13. In a protector-setting machine, in combination, a *Work-support, and a gage located immediately point and reversible opposite Working positions with respect to the driving-point said gage constituting a breast-gage in each of the said positions.

adapted to yield to aceomprotector is driven into the -in position with relation adjacent the clrivingto dispose the same inl In testimony whereof I aiix my signature,

Witnesses;

BARTHOLOMEW J. CON LON.

Witnesses: 4

CHAs. F. RANDALL, WILLIAM A. COPELAND. 

